Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 02-28-12 regular — reading text

other jurisdictions, where this equipment may also be used. 8. Will this equipment be used for wildland firefighting purposes? No 9. Is your department trained in the proper use of the equipment being Yes purchased with grant funds? If not, will you be asking for training funds for this purpose with this application or will you obtain the appropriate training through other sources? cR Equipment tmNa a Equipment Details LLO 1. What equipment will your organization purchase with this grant? Portable Radios ac Please provide further description of the item selected above or if you selected Motorola Astro Diogi[ al XTS 1500 VHF portal mF Other above, please specify. radio, software, Battery, charger, speaker N microphone. Radios are P25 and narrow bang compliant. N 2. Number of units: 20 ( whole number only) N 3. Cost per unit: 1010 ( whole dollar amounts only) 4. Generally the equipment purchased under this grant program is: medn cc O— O— TheThe equipmentequipment willwill replacereplace old,old, obsolete,obsolete, oror substandard substandard equipmentequipment currently currently ownedowned byby youryour organizationorganization 0u0u nn IfIf youyou selectedselected " " replacingreplacing equipment'equipment' ( ( fromfrom Q4)Q4) above,above, pleaseplease specifyspecify thethe ageage OverOver 1010 YearsYears ofof equipmentequipment inin years.years. 5.5. Generally Generally thethe equipmentequipment purchasedpurchased underunder thisthis grantgrant programprogram is:is: Wil Wil bringbring thethe portableportable radiosradios usedused byby thethe ruEru AA WillWill bringbring thethe organizationorganization intointo voluntaryvoluntary compliancecompliance withwith aa nationalnational standard,standard, e.e. g.g. compliance compliance withwith NFPA,NFPA, OSHA,OSHA, etc.etc. departmentdepartment inin compliancecompliance withwith thethe P25P25 PnojecPnojec ZZ PleasePlease explainexplain howhow thisthis equipmentequipment willwill bringbring thethe organization organization intointo voluntaryvoluntary TheseThese radiosradios alsoalso havehave narrownarrow bandband capabilitcapabilit < < compliancecompliance inin thethe spacespace providedprovided toto thethe right.right. 6.6. DoesDoes thisthis equipmentequipment provideprovide aa healthhealth andand safetysafety benefitbenefit toto thethe membersmembers ofof YesYes youryour organization?organization? IfIf yes,yes, pleaseplease fullyfully explainexplain inin thethe narrativenarrative section.section. 7.7. WillWill thethe itemitem requested requested benefitbenefit otherother organizationsorganizations oror otherwiseotherwise bebe availableavailable YesYes forfor useuse byby otherother organizations?organizations? IfIf youyou answeredanswered YesYes inin thethe questionquestion above,above, pleaseplease explain:explain: TheThe availabilityavailability ofof aa comprehensive,comprehensive, wellwell - - maintained maintained 22- - wayway radioradio communications communications syst.syst. isis essentialessential toto thethe safetysafety ofof emergency emergency responders responders workingworking onon thethe emergencyemergency scenescene TheThe abilityability toto communicatecommunicate withinwithin anan establistestablist incidentincident commandcommand frameworkframework andand declare declare aa mayday"mayday" oror otherother unsafeunsafe conditioncondition mustmust bebe availableavailable toto allall personnelpersonnel workingworking atat anan incideincide TheseThese radiosradios areare interoperableinteroperable withwith otherother radiosradios usedused inin ourour countycounty andand provideprovide PacketPacket Pg.Pg. 6060 https:https: / / / / eservices.eservices. fema.fema. govgov / / FemaFireGrantFemaFi / reGrant / firegrantfi/regrant / jspjs/ p / fire20lfire20l I / application/application/ print_print_ app.app. jspjs?p ? print=print= true&true& app_app_ n.n.. . 2/2/ 21/21/ 20122012  Page 13 of 23 Application Number: EMW- 2011 -FO -09950 communication when receiving or pr 16.1. b